fall on

British  

verb

1. Also: fall upon.  to attack or snatch (an army, booty, etc)

2. to fail, esp in a ridiculous or humiliating manner

3. to emerge unexpectedly well from a difficult situation

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fall on Idioms  

1. Also, fall upon.

2. Attack suddenly and viciously, as in They fell on the guards and overpowered them . [c. 1400]

3. Meet with, encounter, as in They fell on hard times . [Late 1500s]

4. Find by chance, discover, as in We fell upon the idea last Saturday night . [Mid-1600s]

5. Be the responsibility or duty of someone, as in It fell on Clara to support the entire family . [Mid-1800s] Also see the subsequent idioms beginning with fall on .

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Example Sentences

Jindal Steel’s Ebitda-per-metric-ton fall on quarter is also likely to be steeper than JSW’s and Tata’s, as Jindal incurred start-up costs for its new blast furnace, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal

“With a humanoid, if you cut the power, it’s inherently unstable so it can fall on someone,” Beard said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then, when demand slowed, customers would end up overstocked, prices would plunge, and memory makers would fall on hard times.

From Barron's

Speculation on who might follow will now fall on two characters who could hardly contrast more.

From BBC

The heaviest precipitation likely will fall on New Year’s Day and Saturday, with light showers the Friday in between, forecasters said.

From Los Angeles Times

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